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Table 4 Known-group validity

From: Validation of living with chronic illness scale in a type 2 diabetes mellitus population

Categories

LW-CI-T2DM total

P value

Sex

Men

68.65 (16.21)

 < 0.001

Women

74.12 (16.28)

 

Treatment for T2DM (insulin)

Yes

72.45 (16.49)

0.09

No

69.75 (16.70)

 

PGIS-based severity levels

None

75.70 (17.00)

 < 0.001

Mild

71.31 (15.65)

 

Moderate

71.52 (15.61)

 

Severe

64.27 (17.10)

 
  1. Mean (standard deviation)
  2. LW-CI-T2DM Living with type 2 diabetes mellitus scale